Senior Technical Program Manager, Platform & Data

brobstongroup.com - Jobboard; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Nordstrom's Platform and Data organization as a Senior Technical Program Manager. You will drive AI-first metric definition and data quality programs to enable trusted decision-making at scale. The role involves working with data engineering, analytics, product, and business leaders.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in technical program management, strong communication skills, and a background in data engineering or analytics. You will also have opportunities to partner across teams and lead significant initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical program management experience focused on data engineering, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional programs.
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Scale and mature the enterprise data governance operating model.
• Own roadmaps and delivery for governance and metric standardization initiatives.
• Lead workshops and communications to drive adoption.

Skills

Technical program management

Data engineering

Analytics

Executive communication

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

GCP

Databricks

Azure

Python

R

Job description

Summary

Join Nordstrom’s Platform and Data organization as a Senior Technical Program Manager on the Insights Delivery team. You will drive AI-first metric definition, standardization, and data quality programs to enable trusted decision-making at scale. Partner with data engineering, analytics, product, and business leaders to embed governance into data platforms and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Scale and mature the enterprise data governance operating model, strengthening ownership, stewardship, and data quality.
• Own roadmaps, timelines, dependencies, and delivery for governance and metric standardization initiatives.
• Partner across product, engineering, data platform, analytics, and business domains to align priorities and operationalize metrics.
• Lead change through workshops, communications, and enablement to drive adoption and accountability.
• Surface risks and trade-offs early and drive resolution to meet program objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent experience; Master’s preferred.
• 7+ years of technical program management experience focused on data engineering, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional programs in a matrixed organization and influencing senior leaders.
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills; experience supporting executive operating rhythms.
• Technical foundation with working knowledge of SQL; familiarity with Python, R, modern data platforms (e.g., GCP, Databricks, Azure), and data catalog tools is a plus; PMP/Agile certifications a plus.